This is an analysis of the poem Autumn Day that begins with:

The raging colour of this cold Friday
Eats up our patience like a fire,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXbba ccXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101000111 111101010 011100001 1010100110 0111100010101 10110101 01100010100110 11010011010 11101111010 01010011111 1101110001 101100110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 264
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; our is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Autumn Day;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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